Gloria's Customized Paintings

These drawings were submitted as illustrations for JK Rowling's new book, the Ickabog.  

That is me, reenacting The girl with a Pearl Earring by Vermeer shown below  That is me reenacting the painting called the sleeping gypsy. my dog as the lion.

 This painting was for the art contest called oceans without borders. it was acrylic on board canvas                This was for an art contest called don't mess with Texas. it was oil pastels on paper.

This painting took me a very long time to finish. I won first in opaque paintings and grand prize in junior arts  This is a picture of my chicken, Ruby. All I did was take a picture of her against the fence and I won second place! Now Ruby is an award winning chicken! This is done with calligraphy pens and pastels. It won first place in polychromatic art.   This is a self portrait that did not place at all.

My mom and I went to the Houston museum of Fine Arts and saw many paintings that I studied because of the UIL Art Smart competition. Last year I won first place and the 2020 competition is coming up soon. I saw paintings from both years. We stayed at the museum for 7 hours. First my mom's cousin's husband, James, who works there, gave us a tour.  2019 -Madonna and child with the infant St. John the Baptist painting that I like because of its bright colors 2020-The Adoration of the christ child painting has so many details it was neat to see them all up close. 2020 - View of the Dogana Santa Maria della Salute was really pretty and the water looks like it is actually moving. 2020- Mademoiselle Boissere Knitting 2020 - Sunset on the Lagoon Venice was painted with tiny dots called Pointalism that you can't notice without seeing it in real life. Mom loved the texture. 2019 - 3 Umbrellas 2019 - The Basket Chair was painted by a famous woman artist Berthe Mo

 My church does a fundraiser for mission projects called Photizo. All the art done in services, and art donated by local artist is sold.  It was a super amazing evening and the first time was art was in an auction for sale. I was glad to be a port and look forward to more in future.